Multiple media workers were attacked during protests by members of political party Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) on May 25 and 26 in several cities across Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), condemn the attack on journalists, media workers and media houses and urge the newly formed Pakistani government to apprehend the perpetrators and further protect journalists.
helicopter took off and has been circling around city hall for the last several minutes. and right on the out skirts of city hall, the media vans are set up over here. we re going to go right over here, guys. the police have riot shields on one side of the block and on this side, they have the horses here which will move in as well. and you can see at the end of this block how they are starting to assemble as well. all the police in riot gear. i can hear the clock on city hall ringing 10:00 p.m. this could perhaps be the most tense evening. people in this crowd expecting that curfew would have been lifted now that charges have been brought and there is a different sensibility in baltimore. so, it s a wait and see now, don. it is.
tensions have been building ever since. mary snow is there witnessing the protesters and she s joining us there by phone. so, mary, give me an idea of what the police presence is like and is this crowd growing? it s been a massive crowd this morning, fredricka. down here in lower manhattan in the surrounding blocks around the new york stock exchange. we are on one intersection where there has been pretty much a standoff between police and protesters and there was a barricade up preventing them from going any closer to the new york stock exchange and on the last few minutes we have seen some arrests. people were carried out and how we have seen, also, more police showing up at this intersection where we are with handcuffs. the police got on the loud speaker just a short time ago telling protesters to get on the sidewalk. they have blocked the intersection in this block right near the stock exchange and it s pretty much protesters just kind of in this standoff with police. it